Unsurprisingly the Victoria’s Secret 2011 Swimwear catalogue includes an abundance bikinis including a glittering gold bikini and another which appears to be bejewelled. I’m sure you’ll be pleased to know neither of those topped our list of favourites from the collection. Instead we give our nod to the asymmetric cutaway monokini modelled by Alessandra Ambrosio below. Strange tan lines be damned.

Before you’re deluged with actual pictures and videos from the 2010 Victoria’s Secret fashion show, which hit the catwalk last night, here’s a look at the show’s behind-the-scenes fittings which Victoria’s Secret, ever brand focussed, have dubbed “Fit for an angel.

Late last week Daniel talked about the role of Photoshop in fashion. May we just quickly expand on the point that there are “instances where photoshopping simply goes too far” and note that one thing Photoshop should definitely not be used for is to render Alessandra Ambrosio legless. Slimming with Photoshop, though not in Alessandra’s case, may be inevitable, but this kind of weight loss…

How many models du jour can you pack into one Angelo Pannetta photographed shoot? We’ll let you find out for yourselves when you view the somewhat epic gallery attached to this post. Featuring everyone from Lara Stone and Alessandra Ambrosio through to Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and Alexa Chung, the Love magazine feature is not short on household names. But while some shots are eye-poppingly gorgeous, others…

Gisele. Sixties sex kitten hair. Cheekbones you could sharpen an axe on. Yes, it’s the latest cover to be released from Love Magazine’s fourth issue, and just like leopard-clad Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and dark angel Alessandra, it’s a knock-out.

Ever since we laid eyes on Rosie Huntington-Whiteley’s Love cover – an impressive, Jessica Rabbit-esque styling feat of pouting lips and leopard prints – we’ve been waiting with anticipation for the next installment. It comes to us today from the lens of Mert Alas & Marcus Pigott: a dark haired, blonde browed and attitude laden Alessandra Ambrosio.

Alessandra Ambrosio battled the wind in a swirl of veils and lace in her recent shoot for Australia’s Russh magazine, and we rather liked the result. Here’s a pretty behind-the-scenes video of Alessandra at the shoot.

We get so used to seeing the Victoria’s Secret Angels glistening with smiles as well as diamonds, that we forget (or perhaps start to doubt) that they can do much else. But lately we’ve seen the likes of Miranda Kerr branching out further into high fashion territory, and indeed Alessandra Ambrosio has been heading down the same path for a while now. Russh Australia editor…